Birds with Odd Plumages

Record details

BOP:   157
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628BA
Observer:   van Rensburg Johan; Andr? Graham
Date of record:   2014-05-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A rather bizarre combination of two usually rare, exclusive, unrelated plumage conditions. One in a million?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   734
Species name:   Acridotheres tristis
Common name:   Common Myna -- Indiese Spreeu
Family:   Sturnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common mynah, bald-headed as well as leucistic
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-157
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 157 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-06-27 19:09:19
Species name:   Acridotheres tristis -- Common Myna; Indiese Spreeu
Species code:   734

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